Standard Project Report 2016
Country Resources and Results
Resources for Results
WFP Pakistan received support from a wide array of donors,( representing thirteen countries) towards the 2016-2018 PRRO. The resource partnership with the Government of Pakistan was central in implementation of the operation.
At the end of 2016, planned activities under the PRRO were 87 percent funded against the total programme requirements for the year, which constituted 39 percent of the total funding requirement of the PRRO. However, towards the end of the year, delayed allocation of funds led to shortfalls for the relief and nutrition support interventions requiring internationally-procured food items. Capacity development and augmentation activities also remained inadequately funded. Under the special operation 200707, WFP was unable to construct two out of the three planned humanitarian response facilities as a result of lack of resources. Several other support activities for the Government in other sectors were also affected during the year. WFP made use of strategic resource allocations, through multilateral grants and advance financing mechanisms, to avert potential pipeline breaks periodically throughout the year, particularly for the life-saving relief and nutrition interventions.
The Government of Pakistan continued its sizeable in-kind contributions in 2016, as in previous years, providing wheat and fulfilling the cereal requirements for the year. International donors such as Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America continued to provide funding for twinning with government-provided wheat, as well as for purchasing other essential commodities for the school feeding and relief programmes in Federally Administered Tribal Areas( FATA). The school feeding activity faced significant funding constraints which resulted in reduced implementation. These constraints were primarily a result of increased donor focus on more pressing development issues, including recovery support to internally displaced people( IDPs) and malnutrition interventions across the country. With this in mind, WFP has refocused its efforts on securing increased government ownership by providing technical assistance to government-led initiatives in this sector. Contributions secured from Australia and Canada in 2016 will fully fund the cash component of the school feeding programme for 2017 and 2018.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar made in-kind contributions to the relief activities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA. A joint United Nations proposal between WFP, the United Nations Development Programme( UNDP), United Nations Children ' s Fund( UNICEF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization, for the return and rehabilitation of IDPs was supported by the United States Agency for International Development( USAID) and the Government of the United Kingdom Department for International Development( DFID), and the Government of Japan.
Multiyear grants from DFID and USAID for twinning, stunting prevention and disaster preparedness and response provided critical support allowed for more effective planning and resource utilisation. Switzerland and the United Kingdom contributed towards disaster risk reduction( DRR) focused food assistance for assets( FFA) in FATA and Chitral. Additional financing for strengthening disaster preparedness and response capacity from the Government of Norway, and for disaster response capacity of vulnerable, drought stricken communities in Sindh from the European Commission ' s Humanitarian Aid Office( ECHO) and USAID, proved to be a sound investment in the country ' s resilience.
Achievements at Country Level
In 2016, WFP Pakistan supported 2.9 million people with 178,000 mt of food and approximately USD 8.6 million in cash-based transfers. The provision of relief food assistance to displaced and newly returned families affected by law and order operations in the country ' s north-west continued in eight districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa( KP) and five Federally Administered Tribal Areas( FATA) agencies. This assistance was provided through 30 distribution hubs, 19 of which were situated in KP and 11 in FATA. As the return of internally displaced persons( IDPs) was slower than anticipated, WFP was able to implement the programme without interruptions and to support a larger number of people in the latter half of the year than was planned.
Food assistance for assets( FFA) was implemented in four FATA agencies, and provided in-kind assistance to participants. WFP was the first United Nations( UN) agency to implement conditional cash-based FFA interventions in FATA. These FFA interventions were implemented in collaboration with other UN agencies and development actors, including the United Nations Development Programme( UNDP), United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization( FAO) and the United Nations Children ' s Fund( UNICEF). In three drought-stricken districts of Sindh, cash-based FFA was implemented in conjunction with the community-based management of acute malnutrition
Pakistan, Islamic Republic of( PK) 7 Single Country PRRO- 200867